Iran’s coverage: Rouhani says U.S. isolated on Iran sanctions, even among allies

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Speaking after the meeting of the heads of the three branches on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said “the current policy of the United States in imposing sanctions on Iran, is of blind nature, targeting Iranian nation.”

Tehran will have no meetings and talks with those working at the US President Donald Trump’s administration or with any other American officials, Iran’s special advisor to the Supreme Leader announced here on Friday evening.

The spokesman for Iran’s Guardian Council said the body has rejected the parliament’s legislation amending Iran’s Counter Terrorist Finance law in accordance with standards set by the global anti-money laundering body, Financial Action Task Force.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is going to meet his US counterpart in Helsinki, is a logical and predictable politician unlike Donald Trump.

Iranian referee Alireza Faghani together with compatriot linesmen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Mansouri have been picked to officiate the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup third-place playoff between Belgium and England.